Chapter 1: The Origin of Heavenly Fire

In the Fire Continent, everyone cultivates fire.

The primordial flame is innate, with billions of types. However, based on the quality of the flame, it can be divided into three ranks: Heaven, Earth, and Human.

As one grows older, the dantian can give rise to the lowest level of human fire. After possessing human fire, one can manipulate the power of flames, reaching a strength of a thousand catties, and can be called a martial artist.

Human fire can be continuously improved through cultivation, reaching the highest quality, it can then devour natural fire. Natural fire is also known as earth fire.

And if a warrior cultivates earth fire to its extreme, they can refine heavenly fire!

One who has refined the Heavenly Fire, even if their cultivation level is low, possesses unparalleled might in every move and gesture. They can incinerate rivers and boil seas, with flames reaching thousands of miles. They are called Heavenly Martial Artists!

"The Great Wilderness Dynasty, the ancient family branch? I was actually reborn a hundred years later?"

Gu Xuan opened his eyes, a flicker of surprise in them. He, Dan Huang Gu Xuan, had fallen a hundred years ago, but he never expected to awaken here, possessing a teenager of the same name as him.

More bizarrely, this ancient family was actually his family from his past life. It was just that the ancient family from his previous life had spanned several dynasties. Why had it become a branch family now?

Stilling his mind, scenes from a century ago flickered through Gu Xuan's mind, a flash of killing intent crossing his eyes as he suddenly sat up.

"Good! Since I'm reborn, I will definitely climb to the peak of the mainland again, Gu Xingyun, this life I will surely slay you!"

He Gu Xuan, at only thirty years old, was the third ranked genius on the mainland's talent list. He was remarkably gifted and, barring unforeseen circumstances, within a hundred years, Gu Xuan would undoubtedly join the ranks of the mainland's peerless powerhouses.

But Gu Xuan was not content with this. When he ventured to the source of ice and snow on the mainland, he unexpectedly obtained a heavenly fire—Bing Po Han Yan—within the source itself.

As long as it is refined, the primordial flame can be elevated to the heavenly rank, making one a Heavenly Martial Artist. Furthermore, it will allow one to surpass the top two on the Genius List and become the number one genius on the continent!

Even more astonishingly, with his Heavenly Martial Artist power, Gu Xuan was capable of entering the Continent's Strongest List. Before he turned forty, he could be on the Genius List, ranking within the top thirty-six on the Continent, even reaching the Star River List!

Thus, Gu Xuan became the first martial artist to simultaneously rank on both the Genius List and the Powerful List, achieving a double feat.

Gu Xuan had his eldest disciple, Gu Xingyun, act as his protector as he refined the Bing Po Han Yan. After two months of continuous refinement, Gu Xuan was almost done!

But, Gu Xingyun coveted his elixir treasures and suddenly attacked him. Caught off guard, Gu Xuan fell directly. If it hadn't been for the Bing Po Han Yan already being refined for the most part, protecting its master and severely injuring Gu Xingyun, I'm afraid even his soul wouldn't have escaped.

"Ancient Nebula, I treated you like a son, and yet you have betrayed me! Very well!"

Gu Xuan's eyes widened in anger, his heart filled with fury. Then he sighed deeply. It had been a hundred years since the time of his impending doom. With Gu Xingyun's talent, he was probably already a peerless powerhouse!

And in his rebirth, he didn't even manage to develop the primordial fire of origin within his dantian.

The earlier a person's inner fire is born, the stronger their talent. If they don't have their innate inner fire by fifteen years old, their talent is not average.

"Alas! If only I had the Bingpo Han Yan in my possession, I could surely catch up to the ancient nebula!"

Gu Xuan let out a sigh. Bing Po Han Yan ranked 27th among the 113 kinds of Heavenly Flames on the Heaven Fire List. Its power was astonishing, belonging to the top thirty superior Heavenly Flames.

It's a pity that although he had refined it in his past life, it exploded under the attack of the ancient nebula. Such an incredible feat was rendered meaningless in his eyes.

"Freezing Ice, Burning Flames!"

Thinking of this, Gu Xuan's eyes widened. He could almost feel that the spark of Bingpo Hanyan was hidden within his soul.

He swallowed, and with a thought, Gu Xuan produced a bone-white flame the size of his fingertip in his palm.

This flame flickers faintly like a candle, constantly swaying, as if a gust of wind could extinguish it.

At the same time, the temperature in the entire room dropped several times.

Click!

Each antique vase, unable to withstand the low temperature, shattered into pieces.

Compared to the full-fledged Bing Po Han Yan that could freeze thousands of miles, this Tian Huo was very weak, just a spark. But, it was more suitable for refining!

"Hahaha! Heavenly fire seed, right now, I, as a nascent being, haven't even generated my own source fire yet. But I can already refine the heavenly fire, treat it as my source, and thus create source celestial fire! Who has such good fortune!"

Gu Xuan laughed wildly.

Although warriors can refine celestial fire and become celestial martial artists, they only do so by having powerful flames consume earthly fires, then using the even more powerful flames gained from consuming those earthly fires to consume celestial fire.

In actuality, the Heavenly Martial Artist's innate fire is still human fire, having consumed heavenly fire.

But Gu Xuan was different. In his past life, he had already refined the Bing Po Han Yan (Ice Soul Cold Flame). Now, all he needed to do was merge the Bing Po Han Yan into his dantian, making it his primordial flame.

Gu Xuan closed his eyes, controlling the ice-soul cold flame seed, as it wandered through his meridians and finally converged in his lower abdomen's dantian.

Sizzle!

After this spark entered the dantian, it surprisingly attracted each other, without any obstruction.

Now, there is no human fire in the dantian yet, and Bingpo Han Yan easily connects with Gu Xuan's soul.

Poof!

Gu Xuan was shocked, the heavenly fire and dantian coexisted, the primordial flame was born!

Boom!

Gu Xuan's aura surged instantly, his martial artist realm reaching the Spirit Level One Star!

"Rank 2 Spirit, break for me!"

Gu Xuan's eyes flashed with a hint of ruthlessness, and he roared angrily.

The seed of Heavenly Fire, how powerful it is! Even just the nascent form of its primordial flame brings forth a power that couldn't possibly be limited to only Spirit Rank One Star. After all, this primordial flame isn't the fire of an Origin Being, but the fire of Heaven itself!

The terrifying flames burst open Gu Xuan's restraints, and his aura soared again, reaching the second star of the Spirit level!

"Not enough! Keep pushing!"

Gu Xuan's eyes held a resolute glimmer. He slammed into the Spirit Level Three barrier time and again, each impact causing his body to tremble, but Gu Xuan remained unfazed.

Boom!

Another invisible barrier was shattered, and Gu Xuan officially stepped into the Spiritual Grade Three-Star realm!

"Hahaha! Just stepped into the Martial Artist realm, and I broke through to three stars already, and it's Benyuan Heavenly Fire. At this speed, who else can compare?"

Gu Xuan's face was filled with ecstasy, his eyes gleaming with excitement. With this opportunity, he would surely be even more brilliant in this life than in his previous one!

Some super powers can, through special means, help their juniors directly refine the earth fire and form the primordial earth fire. However, only Gu Xuan, who possesses the extraordinary luck of heaven, can have the primordial celestial fire.

It can be said that Gu Xuan now is already a legendary Tianwu warrior, and even more authentic than those Tianwu warriors who absorbed the human fire to obtain Tianhuo.

This is because the Ice Soul Inferno at this time was too weak, and the quality of its origin flame was far from reaching even the lowest level of a common Heavenly Martial Artist. If we were to be precise, it could only be considered around the 10th rank of Heaven Tier, but it was still much stronger than those newly born Fire Souls possessing an origin fire.

"Huh? Who is Father arguing with?"

As a martial artist, not only did Gu Xuan's strength improve, but his senses also sharpened. He could hear conversations outside, and one of the voices belonged to his father in this life, Gu Tianmo.

Gu Xuan walked out and soon saw his father, Gu Tianmo, in the distance.

"Gu Hai, I treated you like a brother back then! Today I went out to get pills for my son, and you stopped me, wanting to be ungrateful?"

Gu Tianmo wore a long gray shirt. He was thin and tall, his once handsome face now etched with the weight of life's experiences. At this moment, his sword brows were furrowed, his face contorted in anger as he glared at the middle-aged warrior who stood before him, arrogance radiating from every pore.

"Roll, roll!"

Gu Hai said impatiently, "Who the hell considers you a brother? Back when you were chief, I agreed to be your sworn brother, but now that you're a useless wastrel, you still want to act like we're close? What do you think you are?"

Hearing the word "waste," Gu Tianmo's haggard face was filled with anger. He pounded his chest, but still forced down the anger, his voice low: "Gu Hai! I know you're still resentful of me for punishing you back then. Whatever you want, I'll repay you!"

Is that so?

Gu Hai raised an eyebrow, a playful smirk on his face: "You seemed to have beaten me up rather badly back then."

Gu Tianmo let out a cold snort, his face grim. He was about to grab his left index finger with his hand, ready to tear off the flesh and expose the bone with a single downward motion.

Gu Hai's eyes narrowed, thinking about tormenting the once-famous Gu Tian Mo, a twisted sense of pleasure filled his heart.

"Stop!"

Seeing this, Gu Xuan's anger surged to the top of his head. He roared angrily, and the memory of the previous Gu Xuan merged with him, now that Gu Tianmo was humiliated, he was also.

Hearing Gu Xuan's voice, Gu Tianmo hurriedly turned his head, his face filled with surprise, and said, "Xuan'er, you... you're alright?"

Gu Hai frowned and snorted coldly, saying in an angry tone: "Didn't you say you would repay me? Now that your son is alive, you don't want to repay anymore? You, the former clan leader, do you not keep your word?"

Gu Tianmo kept a composed face, and raised his palm again: "That's right, I said it before, Gu Tianmo never goes back on his word! What I owe you, I will return it to you now!"

"Wait!"

Gu Xuan let out a cold snort and walked over, sneering at Gu Hai: "A true man keeps his word, but that depends on who the other person is. If they are also a true man, of course it's necessary. But if they are just a dog, there is absolutely no need for it!"

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